My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will. — Matthew 26:39 “Stop trying to figure God out.” That’s the counsel I got from one of my daughters as she listened to me verbally wringing my hands. God hadn’t answered another one…
You Can Be Crazy
Let Your Blue Flame Make You Brave Have you ever noticed that you’re more courageous when you’re acting on behalf of someone else? In college I had the privilege of interning for an executive who was as bold as she was successful. She ran her department at a tech company with precision, and she was…
Who Do I Surrender To?
A Great, Good, Trustworthy God Let’s say you need an operation on your heart. You can’t do it yourself, obviously. You’re going to have to trust a professional to open you up and fix whatever is wrong. You probably have a few criteria for someone who will crack your chest and take your heart in…
God-Story vs. Self-Story
This past spring our friends Jill and Guri secured a table at Talula’s Table, one of the most difficult dinner reservations to snag in the entire country. There was seating for eight, and we were elated to accept their invitation to take two of those spots. About a month out, the restaurant emailed the menu…
Snowstorms {Devotions from the Mountains}
Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of the hail, which I reserve for times of trouble, for days of war and battle? — Job 38:22-23 If you’ve ever driven over a mountain pass in a snowstorm, you may feel like you have seen God’s storehouses of snow and hail!…
Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart
Understanding will never bring you peace. That’s why I have instructed you to trust in Me, not in your understanding. Human beings have a voracious appetite for trying to figure things out in order to gain a sense of mastery over their lives. But the world presents you with an endless series of problems. As…
God the Ageless Romancer
So long as we imagine it is we who have to look for God, we must often lose heart. But it is the other way about — He is looking for us. ~ Simon Tugwell Can it possibly get any more uncertain than this? We so long for life to be better than it is.…
Trusting God: Uncharted Territory
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. — Proverbs 3:5-6 When a friend of mine received his one-year recovery chip, he told me that he felt he was now in uncharted territory. My friend…
Barrenness and Hope: Waiting and Trusting God’s Sovereignty
When we’d first moved from Chinquapin into our new home, I had a moment, followed by a few other moments, when God broke in. It wasn’t mystical. In fact, it felt very natural. God spoke to me not audibly but as a resounding sense in my spirit. As far as I could tell, He said to me, You will…
A Beacon of Hope
Editor’s note: Today’s audio devotion features a combination of these two devotions from Unto the Hills: A Daily Devotional by Dr. Billy Graham. We hope you enjoy! A Beacon of Hope That we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope . . . the God of hope fill you with all…